Where does Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. ranks #16,166 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 10 patents, ranking #1,277 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Little ranks #16,166 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 11 technology areas.

#16,166
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16166 · US Corporation #16,166 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,166/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Legrand DPC
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Legrand DPC, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Little’s 42.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.2 pts (24%) Velocity 9.3 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Little Caesar… · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Little's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Little?

Each dot is one of Little’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Little’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Little vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Little's grants concentrate

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Little sits between Legrand DPC, LLC and Mabe S.A. DE C.V..

Little's three-year grant acceleration

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Legrand DPC

18
Lifelens

18
Linear Algebra

18
Lipocosm

18
Lixte Biotechnolo…

18
Lynntech

18
M-solv

18
Mabe DE C V

18
Little Caesar Ent… ◀

18

What this shows Little holds 18 patents at rank #16,166, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Little

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,166 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Little's primary technology class.

Little's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2016	1	5.6%
2018	2	11.1%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	3	16.7%
2023	2	11.1%
2024	2	11.1%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 9

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 6

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 4

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #16,166 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Little Caesar Enterprises, Inc. against Legrand DPC, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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